Category : Wisdom

Many studies indicate that having a strong sense of purpose benefits good health and longevity. Individuals with a high sense of purpose had a lower risk of developing a stroke, heart attack, or coronary artery disease. Randy Cohen, MD, medical director of University Medical Practice Associates at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City says “We found a 23 percent reduction in mortality and a 19 percent reduction in cardiovascular events among those people”. That puts living purposefully […]

I recently saw this quote from author Steven Pressfield; “the more important a project is to your soul’s evolution, the more you’ll resist it”. This really caught my attention and it was very true for me. Why so true? I have been writing a story (for a book or screenplay) for many years and I find I spend most of the time resisting instead of actually writing. So I began to look at what is really going on with me […]

Wisdom is our capacity for taking in the experience of life; infusing it with intention and then returning it to the world in service or for the benefit of others… Let’s look at the first part of this sentence…. Capacity is having the space within to fully embrace an experience. But many of us have limited capacity because our lives are filled with ‘stuff’, e.g. physical (possessions), mental (to-dos) and emotional (attention and energy “hooks”). Without capacity, it’s difficult to […]